The Irish Times

Digicel faces new threat via rival’s deal talks

Denis O’Brien’s telco faces the prospect of being squeezed as Liberty Global confirms talks for CWC

Fri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00

Digicel’s goals are the same, despite IPO flop

Battle over Premier League rights gives Digicel a glimpse of the future

Fri Oct 09 2015 - 07:00

Decision to pull Digicel’s IPO is a huge blow to Denis O’Brien

Decision to pull company’s IPO in New York less than 48 hours before it was due to announce the pricing is a huge blow to Denis O’Brien

Wed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00

Digicel to set IPO price range this week

Denis O’Brien’s telecoms group plans to raise up to $2bn on New York exchange

Mon Sept 21 2015 - 01:00

Italy aims to raise €4bn with flotation of post office

Sale of 40% stake the start of €12bn privatisation programme

Mon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00

Digicel shifts gear from smart play with bond debt to NYSE flotation

Denis O’Brien’s firm is on the hunt for equity via an IPO to fund a major fibre and content rollout

Fri Jul 03 2015 - 06:00

Digicel’s risks include taxes, earthquakes and ‘customer churn’

Near-300-page IPO registration document includes 29 pages of potential problems

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00

Digicel flotation comes at crunch time for Denis O’Brien firm

Tougher competition and technology changes pose threat to business

Sat Jun 27 2015 - 01:00

It’s the racy reds versus the battling blues as CWC gets ready to rumble

Fri May 08 2015 - 01:20

One More Thing: Digicel diaspora moves on

Digicel Jamaica alumni take senior roles outside Denis O’Brien’s company

Fri Apr 24 2015 - 01:00

Digicel seeks regulator’s clarification over rival deal

Takeover will create major competitor for Denis O’Brien’s Digicel as it attempts to build its fixed-line business

Tue Mar 31 2015 - 07:32

O’Brien at Old Trafford with Digicel, APN and Vanuatu looming large

Businessman had plenty to occupy his mind as he watched Manchester United beat Spurs

Fri Mar 20 2015 - 11:40

Denis O’Brien’s Digicel to raise $925 million to fund debt buyback

Moody’s assigns junk rating to latest loan notes, citing ‘sizeable dividend payments’ to O’Brien

Wed Mar 04 2015 - 15:32

Digicel fails to block rival’s Jamaica deal

Cable &Wireless’s $1.85bn acquisition gets go-ahead

Sat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00

Resurgent BT comes back to haunt old rival Vodafone

BT’s move to buy mobile operator EE expected to put telecoms giant back in pole position

Wed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00

O’Brien wants regulators to look at CWC

Digicel chairman leading campaign over CWC merger on competition grounds

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00

Industrial development in Tallaght sells for €3m

Building on 2.9 acres sold at height of property boom for €13m

Wed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00

Digicel could scale back Caribbean investment

The CWC-Columbus deal would create ‘virtual monopolies’ in several Caribbean markets

Tue Dec 09 2014 - 00:55

People power needed to stop wiretapping by governments

Britain has notoriously lax legislation around data protection and surveillance

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00

UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cables

Snowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet traffic

Sat Nov 29 2014 - 01:01